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• 3D tech alliance signed by UMC, Elpida
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 22 June
  Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp, the world's number two contract chip maker, and Japan's Elpida Memory said they will develop cutting-edge 3D technologies together.
  Powertech Technology Inc, a Taiwanese company providing testing services, is also joining the project, the three companies said in a statement.
  The move comes as electronics firms move to cash in on the popularity of 3D technology, which includes televisions and computers.
• In The World: Easy on the eyes
  web.mit.edu, 22 June
  There are two standard systems for determining a prescription for eyeglasses to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. One is to have the patient look through a large device called a phoropter, fitted with dozens of different lenses that can be swung into place in front of each eye in various combinations, while the patient tries to read a standard eye chart on the wall ahead. The other uses a more expensive system called an aberrometer that shines a laser into the eye and uses an array of tiny lenses to measure its characteristics, with no interaction from the patient.
• Celebrating the best of open source
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 23 June
  A new biennial prize offered through Auckland University's computer science department could raise the profile of open-source development in a country still wedded to Microsoft technologies.
  Discussion starters:
  • Software innovation
• Loophole revealed in airport check-in machines
  TV3 News video, 23 June
  All three domestic airlines are reviewing their domestic security systems after a 3 News investigation revealed major loopholes in their electronic check-in systems
  Discussion starters:
  • Technological systems: concept of malfunction
• Building smarter machines
  New York Times, 24 June
  Synthetic speech, autonomous robots, computers beating the best humans at chess and checkers. As computers grow ever smarter, a look at developments in the field of artificial intelligence.
  Discussion starters:
  • Machine intelligence
  • Voice recognition software
• 3D - increasing the gaming sp
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 25 June
  How 3D games are changing the experience
  Sony was pushing 3D gaming hard at E3, handing out glasses to everyone in its massive media conference to demonstrate its stunning Killzone 3 game in multi-dimensional glory.
  There is a solid list of titles that will take 3D to the gaming masses - and after seeing Killzone 3 and the long-awaited Gran Turismo 5 in action, there's no doubt that it is impressive.
• E3 Expo showcases latest in gaming Technology
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 25 June
  Microsoft's new Kinect system does away with controllers altogether, using a trick array microphone and camera peripheral to map players' bodies and then use their movements to control gameplay.
  Discussion starters:
  • Control technology
• Google eyes up fast-growing Indonesia
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 25 June
  JAKARTA - Google says that internet use in Indonesia was expanding at a fast pace and was the leading emerging economy in terms of growth.
  "Users are growing very, very fast. Indonesia is about to explode," Google Asia Business Development director Emmanuel Sauquet said of Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
  "It has very diverse and very active online communities. It's the right place for us to come now," he said. "Compared to other emerging countries, Indonesia is the fastest growing country."
• UPDATE: Loophole revealed in airport check-in machines
  TV3 Campbell Live video, 30 June
  It has been a week since we revealed loopholes in airline security - so have they been changed?
  Discussion starters:
  • Technological Systems: system design – ongoing performance and maintenance
• Google may know your desires before you do
  New Scientist </em> online<em>, 16 July
  Google attempts to return relevant search results in the blink of an eye. But in future it could go one better, delivering search results to its users even before they know that they want the information.
  Discussion starters:
  • Nature of Technology: socio-technological influences; privacy
  • Computer Science: algorithmic engineering
• New crime-fighting technology raises privacy concerns
  TV3 News video, 21 July
  Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is a new technology that senses vehicle number plates and records them, then instantly matches them to a police database. Now introduced into New Zealand, it is a surveillance technology that has proved controversial when used overseas.
  Discussion starters:
  • Digital technologies – data capture systems
  • Socio-cultural influences – privacy issues
• Facebook now has 500 million users
  TVNZ News video, 22 July
  1.7 million New Zealanders are now on the social networking website Facebook - around 40% of the population. Worldwide, the audience has doubled within the last year to 500 million meaning that globally one person in every thirteen now has a presence on the site.
  Discussion starters:
  • Characteristics of Technology: socio-technological environments; individual privacy issues
• Designing without code
  Cubed webzine, August
  A new system enables designers to create web sites without having to go through the painstaking process of coding and testing.
  Discussion starters:
  • Web site design and build
  • Developing an 'Open widget'
• Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence
  New Scientist Magazine, 4 August
  Avidians are not microbes, or sci-fi alien life forms - they "live" in a computer world called Avida and replicate using strings of coded computer instructions instead of DNA. But in many ways they are similar to real life: they compete with each other for resources, replicate, mutate, and evolve. They - or things like them - might eventually evolve to become artificially intelligent life forms.
  Discussion starters:
  • Nature of Technology – digital evolution
• Kiwi emergency response technology goes global
  TVNZ Business News, 4 August
  A NZ research company is earning big plaudits in the United States for its mathematically based emergency response software.
  Discussion starters:
  • Software development
  • Commercialisation of university research